What is the single one record album that you have listened to more than any other?
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Tied for #1 are the Beatles “Red” and “Blue” albums; two records apiece for a total of four. When a much older sister went off to college, she and her best friend left behind their record collections. Hours were spent sitting on the floor of a previously shared bedroom playing those four records repetedly despite giving the rest of their collections a go.
REALLY hard to say, but it’s likely Enigma’s Love, Sensuality, Devotion; or Katatonia’s The Great Cold Distance.
One I often listen to when going to sleep, the other is good for bike rides and other exercise.
There are a bajillion other albums I’ve listened to more than these, but there’s usually a song or two I’ll prefer to skip.
Pink Floyd Dark Side of the Moon
When I was growing up, my mother and aunt liked to have records playing all the time. My mother had a widely varied taste with music like Melanie, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Deep Purple and Bob Dylan. My aunt’s tastes were a little less diverse, with quite a bit of Reggae.
So if I had to name a single album that I’ve heard start-to-finish more than any other, it would have to be the soundtrack to The Harder They Come.
Dire straits brothers in arms
Do we have to include our preteen years? I really don’t want my answer to be Grease.
I wanted to be Sandy
I can’t pick one. I wore out Carole King’s Tapestry. Also Fleetwood Mac’s Rumours. Phil Collins’ Face Value. Pink Floyd’s Dark Side of the Moon. Yes’s Going for the One. The Doors’ L. A. Woman. Goo Goo Dolls, Dizzy up the Girl. There are a number of albums that I have, and still do, listen to from end-to-end, repeatedly.
^^^^^ Pink Floyd Dark Side of the Moon
That was a hog’s breath on the heels of Delicate Sound of Thunder, there was a live version of Dark Side I loved but I can’t remember which concert, then there was Metallica S&M.
People are probably shocked it wasn’t R&B, funk or Motown, the music I listened to in high school would have shocked you out of your panties ~~
I’d have to say probably Scatology, by Coil. Even though I did not discover that band or that album until a decade or so after its release.
By the time I was reaching adulthood I had begun to grow bored with the thrash and death metal I listened to near exclusively as a teenager and started branching out into other kinds of music, particular electronic music, which I viewed as ripe with near limitless possibility. I was huge into NIN (who for me kinda bridged the world of metal and electronic based music), and I had seen several times where Trent Reznor had cited Coil as a huge influence on him. After discovering Coil for myself they became not only my favorite group, but a personal influence on me as well, especially Peter Christopherson (who I eventually corresponded with via e-mail and had the good chance to stumble into in person at a cafe in Chicago about a year and a half before he passed away).
Abbey Road.
Long time ago I declared Abbey Road as the album I would want if I could only have one album on a desert island.
Mike Oldfield’s Tubular Bells.
Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention “Apostrophe”
I have trouble picking just one.
Pre-teen, probably Saturday Night Fever.
Teen and adult, tossup between Van Halen (first album), Cars (first album), Cars Candy-O, or one of the Led Zep albums (Led Zep 1 or 2, or Houses of the Holy probably).
Among the top:
Paul Simon Graceland
Kate and Anna McGarrigle Heartbeats Accelerating
James Taylor Never Die Young
Joni Mitchell Blue
All perfect.
^ @Brian1946, I loved Edgar Winter’s White Trash. I especially loved his version of I’ve got news for you.
And yes @janbb, Graceland. That’s another of my favourites, along with a number of Simon and Garfunkel albums (and the Beatles were regularly spinning on my turntable @zenvelo and especially Abbey Road).
Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young-So Far….a perfect album
Either: Original Fantasia soundtrack
or one of the Beatles’ albums.
Still listen to them now…
There are so many great albums mentioned above that I have listened to over and over from Pink Floyd to Carol King.
It has been some time since I listened to an entire album end to end but I would have to say the one I have played the most would be the Beatles White Album although I literally wore out a vinyl copy of In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida as a teen.
Let me add to my list: New Order Substance and Ministry With Sympathy.
There’s 2. The Beatles Abbey Road, and Angel Voices by the British boy’s choir Libera.
However I just thought of another one that might rival those 2, it’s A Charlie Brown Christmas by the Vince Guaraldi Trio
OMGosh- I second A Charlie Brown Christmas!!!!
I love it also!
Ooo- good recall Kardamom!
The Damnwells and Gilad Benamram’s song make up most of the album.
Most of the above, then I’d add Symphonicity by Sting.
No. I know of that one by The Police , with Sting as a member. Symphonicity correction Symphonicities is a symphonic treatment of some of Sting’s songs with the London Philharmonic.
Sting has an album called Symphonicities and The Police have one called Synchronicity.
Anybody else here used to listen to Steppenwolf back in the day??
What about CCR (although I have to admit, most of my stuff was through the singles route with them. About the only ones I can say I have the album for is Cosmos Factory and Green River and I have to say that Green River is the most scratched up of the two.
Steppenwolf to the Easy Rider…Magic carpet ride…
CCR- Green= Lookin out my back door… Mama’s&Papa’s. Marvin Gaye Jefferson Airplane
Rare Earth, The Holleys, The Animals.
Battle of the Bands voting on AM radio…. Temptations, Strawberry Alarm Clock
Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour- killer musical guests. Otis Redding. The Turtles
Ed Sullivan- the first time you got to see the people singing the songs – especially Motown!
** sigh**
Nope
Never heard of ‘em.
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